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Jeremy Becomes Fluent in English at the Age of 4

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Jeremy becomes fluent in English at the age of 4. At the age of 6, he becomes fluent in French. However, when Jeremy's parents try to teach him Spanish when he is 8 years old, they find that Jeremy's capacity to acquire a new language has decreased. This scenario most likely illustrates Paul Baltes's view that development is ________.


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Boiling Point

The temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas.

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Hydrocarbons consisting entirely of single-bonded carbon and hydrogen atoms and are the simplest form of hydrocarbons.

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A hydrocarbon group or moiety consisting of a propyl backbone with two methyl substituents.

Ethyl

An organic functional group or radical derived from ethane, containing two carbon atoms.

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